These laud the eyes of the Bundu, large or closed, but knowing. The road to understanding, as always, lies within the commentary of indigenous connoisseurs. to maintain youthful gracefulness, tempered by seriousness, an embodiment of ancient spiritual attributes.įleshy cheeks and luminous rising brow fuse with serious mouth and closed, spiritualized eyes. This mask, an old and well-worn example, illustrates in its form and iconography what girls in Sande are taught in words i.e. The Sande Society dedicates women to the learning of beauty, social usefulness and moral self-realization. By convention, masks of the Sande Society of the Mende are called Bundu.
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